Shaun Murphy makes his ‘best ever Crucible break’ to win deciding frame thriller

Shaun Murphy was pumped up after a brilliant match-winning break (Picture: Getty Images)

Shaun Murphy reckons the break he made in the deciding frame to beat Fan Zhengyi 10-9 on Tuesday night is the best he has ever managed at the Crucible.

The Magician survived a scare against Fan in the opening round of the World Snooker Championship, as he kept up the run of every single seeded player so far winning in the first round.

11 seeds have prospered since the tournament began on Saturday with no qualifier yet to win, but five more will try over the next two days.

It was a brilliant battle between Murphy and the former European Masters champion and...